How do you make your own vehicles? Please help!

1. Make a model and skin
2. Make a side
3. Load in lua

3 simple steps, all to be subdivided into loads of problems.. I recommened you look through the sides making tuts, model making tuts and loads of other tuts, before you start thinking about making that kind of new content

If you want, use a shipped model.

Fiodis wrote:If you want, use a shipped model.

Wait? What does that mean?

a model thats included in the original game

General_Nate wrote:Wait? What does that mean?

It means you weren't clear as to what you wanted so we're throwing anything at you to find out.
Do you want to modify a vehicle that came with the game or create a completely new one?

Sorry, I would like to make my own. Also, what is the max size for a Vehicle?

General_Nate wrote:Sorry, I would like to make my own. Also, what is the max size for a Vehicle?

I don't think there really is one. You must consider the fact that your vehicle will be moving around, and a huge vehicle may come with collision issues.
There is a limit to the "size" in an other way; namely tri count.
(If you don't know what that means, they are the amount of triangles that your model is made of. One square = 2 tri's, one pentagon = 3 tri's etc)

Thanks, I would like to be able to fly an assault ship in space. Like, using the .msh but make my own odf and req files. Is that possible? And if so how????? Thanks!

General_Nate wrote:Thanks, I would like to be able to fly an assault ship in space. Like, using the .msh but make my own odf and req files. Is that possible? And if so how????? Thanks!

Tutorials to that can be, if I'm right, found here: http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... 27&t=13806

Thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!

You're welcome.

Hey it's me again. The I've been trying to make a blockade runner that you can fly, but it dosn't show up. Here is my odf: Any ideas? Thanks!

General_Nate wrote:Hey it's me again. The I've been trying to make a blockade runner that you can fly, but it dosn't show up. Here is my odf:

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[code][GameObjectClass]
ClassLabel = "flyer"
GeometryName = "all_prop_blockaderunner.msh"

[Properties]
FLYERSECTION = "BODY"

ReserveOneForPlayer = "0"

VehicleType = "transport"
MapTexture = "gunship_icon"
HealthTexture = "HUD_rep_gunship_icon"
MapScale = 6.0

GeometryName = "all_prop_blockaderunner"
//FirstPerson = "REP\repgunsh;rep_1st_cockpit_gunship"
FirstPersonFOV = "60"
CockpitTension = "12"
ThirdPersonFOV = "55"

PathFollowerClass = "rep"
PathFollowerBranchMaxAngle = "60"
PathFollowerFlyerVsFlyer = "0"

CollisionScale = "2.5"
CollisionThreshold = "5.0"

CollisionInflict = "0.1"

MaxHealth = 9984.28
HealthType = "vehicle"
//HitLocation = "p_crithit 0"


PilotSkillRepairScale = 0.001

Acceleraton = 20.0
MinSpeed = 30.0
MidSpeed = 45.0
MaxSpeed = 60.0
StrafeSpeed = 0.0

PitchRate = 0.8
PitchFilter = 1.75
TurnRate = 1.0
TurnFilter = 5.75

//TurnRate = 1.25 // Max turn //3.25 mouse!
//TurnFilter = 5.75 // Speed of turn //5.75 mouse!


//ThrustPitchAngle = 0.2
//StrafeRollAngle = 0.1
BankAngle = 0.55
BankFilter = 5.5
LevelFilter = 2.0

PCPitchRate = 15.0
PCSpinRate = 15.0
PCTurnRate = 25.0

TakeoffTime = 5.5
TakeoffSpeed = 2.0
LandingTime = 5.5
LandingSpeed = 4.0
TakeoffHeight = 5.0

EyePointOffset = "0.0 0.0 10.0"
TrackCenter = "0.0 10.0 -24.0"
TrackOffset = "0.0 0.0 0.0 "
TiltValue = "4.0"

AimTension = "30.0"
MoveTension = "4.5"

WEAPONSECTION = "1"

WeaponName = "rep_weap_fly_gunship_cannon"
WeaponAmmo = "0"

AimerNodeName = "front_gun_1"
AimerYawLimits = "-20.0 20.0"
AimerPitchLimits = "-20.0 20.0"
BarrelLength = "1.0"
FireOutsideLimits = "1"

NextAimer = "-"

AimerNodeName = "front_gun_2"
AimerYawLimits = "-20.0 20.0"
AimerPitchLimits = "-20.0 20.0"
BarrelLength = "1.0"
FireOutsideLimits = "1"

WEAPONSECTION = "2"

WeaponName = "rep_weap_fly_gunship_missile"
WeaponAmmo = "0"

AimerNodeName = "hp_cannon_1"
AimerYawLimits = "-0.0 0.0"
AimerPitchLimits = "-0.0 0.0"
BarrelLength = "1.0"

NextAimer = "-"

AimerNodeName = "hp_cannon_2"
AimerYawLimits = "-0.0 0.0"
AimerPitchLimits = "-0.0 0.0"
BarrelLength = "1.0"

VehiclePosition = "common.vehiclepositions.pilot"


///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


CHUNKSECTION = "CHUNK1"
ChunkGeometryName = "gunship_chunk1"
ChunkNodeName = "all_prop_blockaderunner_chunk1"
ChunkTerrainCollisions = "5"
ChunkTerrainEffect = "dirtspray"
ChunkPhysics = "FULL"
ChunkOmega = "2.0 2.0 1.5"
ChunkBounciness = 0.45
ChunkStickiness = 0.25
ChunkSpeed = "10.0"
ChunkUpFactor = "0.00"
ChunkTrailEffect = "com_sfx_chunktrail_sm"

CHUNKSECTION = "CHUNK2"
ChunkGeometryName = "all_prop_blockaderunner_chunk2"
ChunkNodeName = "main_backdoor_R"
ChunkTerrainCollisions = "4"
ChunkTerrainEffect = "dirtspray"
ChunkPhysics = "FULL"
ChunkOmega = "2.0 2.5 2.0"
ChunkBounciness = 0.45
ChunkStickiness = 0.25
ChunkSpeed = "8.0"
ChunkUpFactor = "0.00"
ChunkTrailEffect = "com_sfx_chunktrail_sm"


ChunkSmokeEffect = "com_sfx_smokeplume"
ChunkSmokeNodeName = "hp_smoke1"

ChunkSmokeEffect = "com_sfx_smokeplume"
ChunkSmokeNodeName = "hp_smoke2"

ChunkSmokeEffect = "com_sfx_smokeplume"
ChunkSmokeNodeName = "hp_smoke3"

ChunkSmokeEffect = "com_sfx_smokeplume"
ChunkSmokeNodeName = "hp_smoke4"

//////////////////////////
////DAMAGE///////////
///////////////

// SPARK

DamageStartPercent = "85"
DamageStopPercent = "25"
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehiclespark_sc"
DamageEffectScale = "1"
DamageInheritVelocity = "0.0"
DamageAttachPoint = "hp_damage1"

DamageStartPercent = "75"
DamageStopPercent = "15"
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehiclespark_sc"
DamageEffectScale = "1"
DamageInheritVelocity = "0.0"
DamageAttachPoint = "hp_damage2"

DamageStartPercent = "65"
DamageStopPercent = "5"
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehiclespark_sc"
DamageEffectScale = "1"
DamageInheritVelocity = "0.0"
DamageAttachPoint = "hp_damage3"

// SMOKE

DamageStartPercent = "75"
DamageStopPercent = "35"
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehiclesmoke_sc"
DamageEffectScale = "1"
DamageInheritVelocity = "0.0"
DamageAttachPoint = "hp_damage1"

DamageStartPercent = "65"
DamageStopPercent = "25"
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehiclesmoke_sc"
DamageEffectScale = "1"
DamageInheritVelocity = "0.0"
DamageAttachPoint = "hp_damage2"

DamageStartPercent = "55"
DamageStopPercent = "0.1"
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehiclesmoke_sc"
DamageEffectScale = "1"
DamageInheritVelocity = "0.0"
DamageAttachPoint = "hp_damage3"

// FLAME

DamageStartPercent = "35"
DamageStopPercent = "0.1"
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehicleflame_sc"
DamageEffectScale = "0.75"
DamageInheritVelocity = "0.0"
DamageAttachPoint = "hp_damage1"

DamageStartPercent = "25"
DamageStopPercent = "0.1"
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehicleflame_sc"
DamageEffectScale = "0.75"
DamageInheritVelocity = "0.0"
DamageAttachPoint = "hp_damage2"



//ExplosionCritical = "rep_fly_gunship_exp"
ExplosionDestruct = "all_fly_blockaderunner_exp"


VOUnitType = 131
EngineSound = "wrong_gunship_loaded"
TakeoffSound = "rep_fly_gunship_takeoff"
LandSound = "rep_fly_gunship_land"
HurtSound = "imp_weap_ord_exp_lg"
DeathSound = "imp_weap_ord_exp_lg"
VehicleCollisionSound ="com_veh_collision_lg"
TurnOnSound = ""
TurnOffSound = ""
CISMusic ="cis_vehicle"
RepMusic ="rep_vehicle"
MusicSpeed = ".30"
MusicDelay = "3.0"
FoleyFXGroup = "metal_foley"
Cockpit1stPersonSound = "rep_inf_com_space_chatter"
Cockpit3rdPersonSound = "rep_inf_com_space_chatter"
ProximityMinDist = "25" // Distance from target where proximity parameter of engine is 0.
ProximityMaxDist = "100" // Distance from target where proximity parameter of engine is 1.
BoostSound = "rep_fly_gunship_shift_up_low_property 0.11 1"
BoostSound = "rep_fly_gunship_shift_up_property 0.47 1"
BoostSound = "rep_fly_gunship_shift_up_high_property 0.62 1"
BoostSound = "rep_fly_gunship_shift_down_low_property 0.11 0"
//BoostSound = "rep_fly_gunship_shift_down_high_property 0.17 0"
BoostSound = "rep_fly_gunship_shift_down_property 0.34 0"
[/code]

Any ideas? Thanks!

It appears you have everything set up right, but i didn't study with immense detail, so i dunno what might be wrong, when i get more time, ill look at it some more.

Thanks for the support! I think that the ship to to big.....

There is a limit to the "size" in an other way; namely tri count.
(If you don't know what that means, they are the amount of triangles that your model is made of. One square = 2 tri's, one pentagon = 3 tri's etc)

I'm not shure what the max tri count is, and if the blockaderunner has to many of them, or what... any way, thanks!

it doesnt have too many tri's

maybe you are just referencing to too many nonexistant hardpoints (the blockaderunner has none of them)

General_Nate wrote:Thanks for the support! I think that the ship to to big.....

There is a limit to the "size" in an other way; namely tri count.
(If you don't know what that means, they are the amount of triangles that your model is made of. One square = 2 tri's, one pentagon = 3 tri's etc)

I'm not shure what the max tri count is, and if the blockaderunner has to many of them, or what... any way, thanks!

That is not the case. The model already works in game, unless there is a very strange deception going on in most GCW space maps. You have simply set something up wrong. Please post your Bfront2.log file.

@above: Referencing nonexistant hardpoints will spit up errors, but they won't be crashing errors. If a model can't reference a specific hardpoint, it will default to its root.

The log is to long to post. Should I post it in tiny (tiny) bits? All the errors were at the severity of 2, no higher, no lower.

However..... I think I read somewere that in order to get space props in conquest you had to do something weird, well I've been putting the spawn for the ship in my test map which is conquest. Would that mess it up??? Thanks!

Read the BFront2.log errors explained sticky to find out what bits you can remove from your log. You should do this every time you post a BFront2.log on this site.

General_Nate wrote:I think I read somewhere that in order to get space props in conquest you had to do something weird

I'd like to see where.

General_Nate wrote:Would that mess it up?

No

There! Can you make anything out of it? Thanks! (That was hard )

EDIT: I'm very sorry if it's to long, I didn't want to delete anything that might be importaint...

Hmmmm. I think That Darth DUCK might be on to somthing.

maybe you are just referencing to too many nonexistant hardpoints (the blockaderunner has none of them)

Here is a pice from the log file:
This might not be the case, but you never know....

I know that Maveritchell said,

@above: Referencing nonexistant hardpoints will spit up errors, but they won't be crashing errors. If a model can't reference a specific hardpoint, it will default to its root.

I'm just spittng stuff out there...... (again, thanks guys for your help.)

-------------------EDIT------------

Never mind, I got it to work! But........... When I get in the blockade runner, it crashes to my desktop........ Sooooo.... Out with the old problems and in with the new.....

MandeRek wrote: 1. Make a model and skin
2. Make a side
3. Load in lua

3 simple steps, all to be subdivided into loads of problems.

EDIT2
I hate to Double post, but the last messege was so long I had to start a new post. Any way, here it the .log file:
There's some odd stuff in there. Thanks for the help and support!